Medical workers in Homa Bay have downed their tools citing unpaid salaries for two months.
Medical workers begin strike over unpaid salaries
Strike amid Covid-19
Medical workers on strike
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Reports further indicate that the medical workers have decried poor working conditions in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic.
In mid-July operations at Lamu's largest hospital were paralysed after health workers unexpectedly downed their tools over Covid-19 fears.
According to reports, six health workers at the hospital had tested positive for coronavirus in one week.
Medical workers on strike in Homa Bay
Medical workers on strike
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The same month, Kenya Medical Pharmacists and Doctors Union officials said that 170 doctors have not been paid since May this year.
This came amid a strike by medical workers in Kisii County leaving patients with no option but to seek treatment from private and mission hospitals.
8 healthcare workers have so far died from the virus in the country.
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